Improvement in paeloe-skates



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ROBERT' HEWSON, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

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IMPROVEMENT IN' PARLOIisKATEs.

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y TO ALL WHOINI IT MAY CONGERN:

L Be itknoijm that I, ROBERT HEWSON, of the city and county of' SanFrancisco, State of'California, have invented an Improved Parlor-Skate;and I do hereby declare the following description and accompanying drawings are suicient to enable any person skilled in the art or science towhich it mostlnearly appertains to make and use my said invention orimprovements without further invention or experiment.

The Object of my invention is to provide an improvement in parlor-skatesof that class-in which small wheels orA rollers are used for movingabout on a iioor or level surface, and it consists in the use offriction-rollers for supporting the axles of the main Wheels upon whichthe skate moves.

Reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part offthisspecification,

Figure 1 is a plan, Figure 2 is a side sectional elevation taken throughX X. Similar letters of reference in ,each ofthe figures indicate likeparts. p A is the block Or supporting-base for the foot, which may beconstructed of wood or iro requisite lightness and strength.

Two rollers or wheels, B B, are placed, one near each end of' the block,in such positions as to support the ball of the foot and the heel. Thefriction-rollers C C C C are so placed that when a weight is brought tobear on the skate, each end of the axles D, will be supported by a pairvof the rollers, thus causing the wheels B to move easily and turnfreely in any direction.

n, as desired, for theV Y The axles D are kept in place, and in Contactwith the rollers, by the straps or boxes E in which they turn.

A Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby LettersV Patent, is-- In a parlor-skate, the use Ot' the wheels B,having their axles D turning upon the friction-rollers C C C, the wholeconstructed audarranged substantially as herein described.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my'hnnrland-seal.

Witnesses: l

C. W. M. SMITH, JN0. L. BOONE.

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